Air Doll (Kuki Ningyo)
Based on a cute manga of the same name, AIR DOLL is a classic “manic pixie dream girl” vehicle with a shocking twist, writes Rosy Hunt.
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Madwomen: Leave Her To Heaven
Look out for a young Vincent Price in Douglas Sirk’s flagrant Freudian fable. Rosy Hunt nominates Gene Tierney in LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN for our MADWOMEN series.
Interview with Oliver Krimpas
Oliver Krimpas’ GHOST IN THE MACHINE is a chaste, humorous love story reminiscent of Stephen King’s more light-hearted tales of the unexpected. We spoke to Oliver about his work.
Ieri, Oggi, Domani
Today marks the anniversary of the death of one of the greatest neorealists, Vittorio De Sica. Rosy Hunt reviews his comedy anthology in which Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni play three odd couples.
Thundercrack!
A rare screening of Curt McDowell’s THUNDERCRACK! was one of the unsung highlights of CFF2012. Melodramatic, naturally sexy and wonderfully absurd, this B-movie pastiche is Rocky Horror in extremis, writes Rosy Hunt.
Indignados
Serious and political, ambitious and thoughtful: INDIGNADOS is a Modernist collage that alerts us to the ongoing revolution in Europe, and demonstrates the power, rather than the magic, of film, writes H. Chan.
Hands Over The City (Le Mani Sulla Città)
Following SALVATORE GIULIANO, the story of the Sicilian separatist cum bandit, Francesco Rosi focuses on the speculative land boom of his native Naples with HANDS OVER THE CITY. Mark Byrnes reviews.
Tridentfest 2012
If you had the misfortune to miss the brilliant TRIDENTFEST 2012, let CFF know there’s a demand by tweeting them @camfilmfest or by commenting on the festival site. Rosy Hunt reviews.
Mientras Duermes (Sleep Tight)
Luis Tosar stars in MIENTRAS DUERMES, playing César, a downtrodden janitor who just wants to be happy – and to this end, ruins the lives of the tenants in his building, like an evil AMELIE.
Kid Thing
The Zellner brothers’ KID THING is promoted as a “fever dream fable”, though for all its Grimm sensibility, it will ring true to anyone who has known a lonely farm kid, writes Rosy Hunt.